The Need

Designing a successful product takes considerable resources for analysis and planning. The required expertise may not be available in-house. Perhaps resources cannot be allocated because of their current workload. Regardless, the window of opportunity must either be addressed or lost forever.

The Solution

Scio provides product concept definition and refinement services to maximize the opportunities for the success of your application.

Our Approach

Together with the you and your team, we look holistically at the market environment, the users, the buyers, the industry, the technology and current trends to pinpoint the features and functionality that will be strategic for the success of your product in the Internet marketplace. Defined processes address:

• Product Requirement Definition
  
• Product Research & Development
  
• Product Prototype Development
  

Key Value-Added Elements

The Scio Idea Lab practice includes services for market research to ensure the product achieves competitive goals, user profiling to guide user experience design, prototyping and technical proof of concept. Together all the Idea Lab Services provide a full approach to product design, but with services that can also be offered individually to augment your efforts.

Value Received

• Prioritized investment for elements that will have the greatest ROI
• A clear picture of the road ahead
• Deliverables that will help generate business and development plans
• Prototypes that can support sales or funding efforts before and during development